Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 15, 2021

Win and help win Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Four years ago, MasterClass, a platform that sells celebrity-taught classes, invited chess legend Garry Kasparov to teach a class. He said yes, but soon realized that creating a message that could satisfy a majority of players was a “struggle throughout the process.”. While the class did pretty well, Kasparov found it “a little bit annoying” that he had to downplay concepts and stick to a specific structure.

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StartupNation

APRIL 15, 2021

The 2021 Midwest Venture Showcase , a partnership between the Midwest Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) and InvestMidwest , will showcase 57 companies actively seeking funding to an audience of top-tier investors, entrepreneurs, researchers and business executives at the virtual event on April 27 to 28, 2021. The Midwest companies in the Showcase span the life sciences, medical device, agriculture/food and tech industries.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Olist , a Brazilian e-commerce marketplace integrator, has raised $23 million in a Series D round extension led by new investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management that brings its total Series D financing to $80 million. Existing backer Redpoint eventures , which first put money in Olist in 2015, also participated in the latest round. With this latest infusion, Olist has now raised more than $126 million since its 2015 inception.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Feedough

APRIL 15, 2021

In just 5 years, Afterpay has carved its presence into Australian and international markets, with an increasing number of customers adapting to its innovative interest-free payment solution that lets them buy first and pay later. With a gigantic $30+ billion market capitalisation , Afterpay has succeeded in revolutionising the “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) industry.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 15, 2021

Spilling the beans could cost them their business — or so they think. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

JustKitchen , a cloud kitchen startup, will start trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Venture Exchange on Thursday morning. It is doing a direct listing of its common shares, having already raised $8 million at a $30 million valuation. The company says this makes it one of the first—if not the first—cloud kitchen company to go public in North America.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 15, 2021

Her online marketing skills are entrepreneurial diamonds. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

We all know the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital adoption in a number of areas, particularly in the financial services space. Within financial services, there are few spaces hotter than B2B payments. With a $120 trillion market size , it’s no surprise that an increasing number of fintechs focused on digitizing payments have been attracting investor interest.

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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 15, 2021

Last night I watched the NY Knicks win their fourth straight game on the road in New Orleans. They are now 29-27 and have a fighting chance of being a.500 team this season with only 16 regular season games left. This is essentially the same team that went 21-45 last year. Elfrid Payton, RJ Barrett, Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, Taj Gibson, and Reggie Bullock were all on that 21-45 team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Coinbase’s direct listing was a massive finance, startup and cryptocurrency event that impacted a host of public and private investors, early employees, and crypto-enthusiasts. Regardless of where one sits in the broader tech and venture world, Coinbase storming north of a $100 billion valuation during its first day of trading was the biggest startup happening of the year.

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The Seraf Compass

APRIL 15, 2021

As most investors know, the next step after an initial pitch is usually a longer format “deep dive” type of meeting. In Prepping an Entrepreneur for a Deep Dive Meeting with Investors, we talked about what a deep dive meeting is, and, more importantly, how to help prepare an entrepreneur for one. Now let’s look at how a team can navigate its way through a deep dive so it can move forward with investors into the due diligence process. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Meet Feels , a new French startup that wants to change how dating apps work. According to the company, scrolling through photos and reading descriptions tend to be a boring experience. Feels want to improve profiles so that navigating the app feels more like watching TikTok videos or browsing stories. “For the past 10 years, there’s been little innovation in the industry,” co-founder and CEO Daniel Cheaib told me.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2021

TORONTO, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Influitive Corporation, a leading provider of customer advocacy and engagement software, has been recognized by TrustRadius with a 2021 Top Rated Award in Customer Advocacy and Community. Influitive is the only vendor to be recognized in Customer Advocacy and is one of two vendors recognized in Community software.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Plentina co-founders Kevin Gabayan and Earl Valencia. E-wallets are rapidly gaining popularity in the Philippines, overtaking credit cards, which have a penetration rate of under 10%. Fintech startup Plentina is leveraging that trend with buy now, pay later (BNPL) installment loans that can be used and repaid through e-wallets. The company announced today it has closed a $2.2 million seed round, co-led by former Tableau executive and ClearGraph chief executive officer Andrew Vigneault, Unpopular

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2021

Robotic process automation (RPA), which mimics human activity and automates mundane tasks, is all the rage. But privacy and governance concerns persist. Recognizing these challenges, Kryon recently became the first RPA vendor to earn ISO 27701 certification. Read more here. The post [Kryon in VentureBeat] Kryon throws down the gauntlet for better RPA governance appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

If you or a loved one has ever undergone a tumor removal as part of cancer treatment, you’re likely familiar with the period of uncertainty and fear that follows. Will the cancer return, and if so, will the doctors catch it at an early enough stage? C2i Genomics has developed software that’s 100x more sensitive in detecting residual disease, and investors are pouncing on the potential.

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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2021

Two recent publications focus on behavioral biometrics as the answer to secure an expanding space for fraud amid the global shift to digitization. BioCatch laid out a set of strategic suggestions to implement behavioral biometrics into large-scale operations. Similarly, Plurilock examined the need for behavioral biometrics to stop the illicit trade of stolen credentials in its tracks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Word nerds with a love for linguistic curiosities and novel nomenclature that’s more fulsome than their ability to make interesting new terms stick will be thrilled by Yak Tack : A neat little aide – mémoire (in Android and iOS app form) designed for expanding (English) vocabulary, either as a native speaker or language learner. Yak Tack uses adaptive spaced repetition to help users remember new words — drawing on a system devised in the 1970s by German scientist Sebastian Leit

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Red Rocket

APRIL 15, 2021

If you are investing material dollars in marketing campaigns, more often than not, you have considered engaging, or have engaged, an advertising agency to assist you with those efforts. Those decisions whether or not to manage your marketing campaigns with in-house teams vs. third party agencies are typically not easy decisions. And, if you decide to outsource to an agency, the selection process can be overwhelming, with the thousands of agencies out there to choose from.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company aiming to deploy robotaxis in San Francisco and Dubai , has added Walmart as an investor in an extended fundraising round that has grown to $2.75 billion. The company said it has a post-money valuation of more than $30 billion. Walmart and several unnamed institutional investors added capital to a $2 billion equity round announced back in January that was led by Microsoft.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 15, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Investors and entrepreneurs from the Pacific Northwest and around the world will reunite in Portland and online May 4-6 for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing! The conference, which kicks off May 3 with the Innovation Funders Showcase , will provide attendees a dynamic virtual experience under the themes of economic recovery, angel education, and expanding horizons.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

TX Zhuo. Contributor. Share on Twitter. TX Zhuo is the managing partner of Fika Ventures , focusing on fintech, enterprise software and marketplace opportunities. More posts by this contributor. Strike first, strike hard, no mercy: How emerging managers can win. A COVID-19 resilience test for B2B companies. Colton Pace. Contributor. Colton Pace is an investor at Fika Ventures.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2021

As Israel celebrates 73 years of independence, the country has cemented its place as a global tech powerhouse, with more than 60 privately-held ‘unicorns’ valued at more than $1 billion; more than 80 Israeli publicly traded companies listed in the United States; and some of the most innovative ideas and technologies in the world. Read more here. The post [D-ID in The Jerusalem Post] Independence Day: The technologies making Israel proud in 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 is in advanced stages of talks to invest up to half a billion dollars into food delivery startup Swiggy, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The new investment values the Indian startup at about $5.5 billion, the sources said. The new investment would add to the $800 million fundraise Swiggy unveiled earlier this month.

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Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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